EASTÂ STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- Caldwell Acrobatics & Tumbling completed its second season in fine style, scoring 8.0 or better in nine heats, including five of 8.65 or higher, in compiling the program's second-best mark, less than a point below the record, in a 235.820-208.760 defeat at East Stroudsburg on Sunday.
The day got off to a fast start with the compulsory pyramid scoring a 9.20 and the toss carding a 8.65. The five-element was the strongest of the Acro heats, with the fivesome of soph
Jill Riggio (East Windsor, N.J.), soph
Piper Fitzmaurice (Middletown, N.J.), freshman
Mariana Aiello (Concord, Calif.), soph
Isabella Garcia (South River, N.J.) and soph
Mickennah Lanza (Middletown, N.J) nabbing an 8.05.
The Pyramids drew a combined 26.20, led by the open heat 9.00 by Aiello, Garcia, soph
Kaytence Vining (Latham, N.Y.), freshman
Jahnessa Morales (Hamburg, N.J.), senior
Eliah Cardone (Bristow, Va.), Riggio and senior
Nicole Lopez (Kearny, N.J.).
Tumbling was solid, with Fitzmaurice scoring 8.325 on Aerial and Cardone flipping an 8.775 in Open.
And the team event came up just short of its best-ever mark, recording a 63.91 in a spirited performance.